1 Corinthians 1
1 I, Paul, [am writing this letter]. Sosthenes, our fellow believer, is with [me as I write it]. [God] appointed me to be an apostle of Christ Jesus because that is what God desired.
Paul, appelé par la volonté de Dieu à être apôtre de Jésus-Christ, et Sosthène, notre frère,
2 [I am sending this letter] to all you who are God’s believers in Corinth [city]. You have been set apart [by God] {[God] has set you apart} for himself because (of your close relationship with/you belong to) Christ Jesus. God has appointed you to be his people and to live in a morally pure way, just like he has appointed all the people everywhere who belong to him to live in a morally pure way. You and they have trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ [MTY]. He is their sovereign Lord as well as the sovereign Lord of all of us [(inc)] who have trusted in him.
à l'Église de Dieu qui est à Corinthe, à ceux qui sont sanctifiés en Jésus-Christ, appelés à être saints, et à tous ceux qui invoquent, en quelque lieu que ce soit, le nom de notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ, leur Seigneur et le nôtre.
3 We [(exc)] desire that God, who is our [heavenly] Father, and Jesus Christ, who is our sovereign Lord, will continue to act kindly toward you and cause you to experience [inner] peace.
Que la grâce et la paix vous soient données de la part de Dieu, notre Père, et du Seigneur Jésus-Christ!
4 I very often [HYP] thank God for you because he has acted toward you kindly, acting in ways that you do not deserve. He has done this because of your (having a close relationship with/being united to) Christ Jesus.
Je ne cesse de bénir mon Dieu à votre sujet, à cause de la, grâce qui vous a été accordée par lui, en Jésus-Christ;
5 That is, [God] has [HYP] helped you spiritually very much because of your (having a close relationship with/being united to) Christ. Specifically, God has very much [HYP] enabled you to speak messages [that his Spirit revealed to you], and he has very much enabled you to know many things [HYP] that his Spirit revealed to you.
car vous avez été enrichis de tous les dons, ceux de la parole et ceux de la connaissance,
6 In that way, [he] confirmed to you that what we [(exc)] proclaimed about Christ is true.
le témoignage du Christ ayant été fermement établi parmi vous.
7 As a result, while you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to return, within your group you truly have [LIT] every ability that [God’s] Spirit gives [to believers].
Aussi ne vous manque-t-il aucun don, à vous qui attendez le moment où apparaîtra notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ.
8 God will also cause you to steadfastly [trust Christ to the very end of your lives] [EUP]. The result will be that God will not consider you guilty [of any sin] when our Lord Jesus Christ returns to earth [MTY].
C'est lui qui vous rendra fermes jusqu'à la fin, pour que vous soyez irréprochables au jour de notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ.
9 You can depend on God to do that. He is the one who chose you to become intimately associated with his Son, Jesus Christ, who is our Lord.
Le Dieu par qui vous avez été appelés à la communion de son Fils Jésus-Christ, notre Seigneur, est un Dieu fidèle.
10 My fellow believers, by the authority of [MTY] our Lord Jesus Christ, I urgently appeal to all of you to agree with one another. What I mean is, stop dividing into groups. Instead, be united [MET] concerning what you understand [about spiritual matters], and be united in what you decide.
Je vous exhorte, frères, au nom de notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ, à tenir tous le même langage et à n'avoir point de divisions parmi vous, mais à être bien unis dans une même pensée et dans un même sentiment.
11 My fellow believers, [I urge this] because some members of Chloe’s household have told me that you are quarreling among yourselves.
En effet, mes frères, j'ai été informé, par les gens de la maison de Chloé, qu'il y a des disputes parmi vous.
12 That is, some of you say, “Paul is the one to whom we [are loyal],” and others say, “Peter is the one to whom we [are loyal],” and still others say, “Christ is the one to whom we [are loyal].”
Voici ce que je veux dire: c'est que, parmi vous, chacun parle ainsi: Moi, je suis disciple de Paul; — et moi, d'Apollos; — et moi, de Céphas; — et moi, de Christ. —
13 [It is ridiculous that] [RHQ] [you are quarreling and] dividing up [into groups instead of being loyal to] Christ alone. Christ certainly has not divided himself into parts and distributed those parts out [to groups of people who oppose each other]! [MET, RHQ] I, Paul, certainly did not die on the cross for you! [RHQ] When you were baptized {When someone baptized you}, you certainly did not promise that you were submitting to me! [RHQ]
Christ est-il divisé? Paul a-t-il été crucifié pour vous, ou avez-vous été baptisés au nom de Paul?
14 I thank [God] that Crispus and Gaius were the only ones from among you whom I baptized.
Je rends grâces de ce que je n'ai baptisé aucun de vous, — sinon Crispus et Gaius —,
15 As a result, no one [there in Corinth except those two] can say, “Paul baptized me so that I would become (his disciple/submissive to him).”
afin que personne ne puisse dire que vous avez été baptisés en mon nom.
16 [Now I remember that] I also baptized the household of Stephanas, but I do not remember baptizing anyone else [there].
J'ai baptisé aussi la famille de Stéphanas; à part ceux-là, je ne sache pas que j'aie baptisé quelqu'un d'autre.
17 Christ sent me not [primarily] to baptize people but to preach the good message about him. When I do that, he does not want me to use words that human philosophers [consider] wise [IRO]. I do not want the message about [what] he [accomplished when he was nailed to] the cross [MTY] to lose its power.
En effet, ce n'est pas pour baptiser que Christ m'a envoyé, mais c'est pour annoncer l'Évangile, et cela sans recourir à la sagesse des discours, afin que la croix du Christ ne soit pas rendue vaine.
18 Those who are perishing spiritually [because they do not believe that message consider] that the message [about what Christ accomplished when he was nailed to the] cross [MTY] [is] foolish. But to us who are being saved {whom [God] is saving} [spiritually because we believe that message], it [demonstrates that] God acts powerfully [in order to save us].
Car la prédication de la croix est une folie pour ceux qui périssent; mais, pour nous qui sommes sauvés, elle est la puissance de Dieu.
19 [It is like what God said that] a prophet wrote long ago, [By the things that I will do], I will show that the ideas of those who [think] [IRO] they are wise are completely useless. I will ignore the ideas that they think are [IRO] so smart.
Aussi est-il écrit: «Je détruirai la sagesse des sages, et j'anéantirai l'intelligence des intelligents.»
20 So, do you know [what God thinks] about what [RHQ] people who [IRO] consider themselves to be wise and scholars and philosophers say? [He does not pay attention to what they say, because] [RHQ] he has shown clearly that what unbelievers [think is] [IRO] wise is [not wise at all], but is really foolish. (aiōn g165)
Où est le sage? Où est le scribe? Où est le disputeur de ce siècle? Dieu n'a-t-il pas convaincu de folie la sagesse du monde? (aiōn g165)
21 God, acting very wisely, made it impossible for unbelievers to know God by doing what they thought was [IRO] wise. Instead, he was happy to save those who trust [in Christ] as the result of their hearing [the message that] was proclaimed to them, a message that others consider to be foolish.
Car, puisque le monde, avec sa sagesse, n'a pas connu Dieu dans la sagesse de Dieu, il a plu à Dieu de sauver ceux qui croient, par la folie de notre prédication.
22 The Jews want [people to prove, by performing] miracles, [that their message is true]. The non-Jews want to hear only messages consisting of talk that they consider to be very wise.
En effet, tandis que les Juifs demandent des miracles et que les Grecs cherchent la sagesse,
23 As for us, we proclaim [the message about what] Christ [accomplished for us when] he was nailed {[when they] nailed him} to the cross. That message offends Jews [because they do not think that the Messiah will die, and] non-Jews think it is [IRO] a foolish message.
nous, nous prêchons Christ crucifié, scandale pour les Juifs, folie pour les Païens;
24 But to us whom God has chosen to belong to himself, both Jews and non-Jews, that message shows that God acted powerfully and wisely [by sending] Christ [to die] for us.
mais, pour ceux qui sont appelés, Juifs comme Grecs, Christ est la puissance de Dieu, la sagesse de Dieu!
25 [Unbelievers may think] [IRO] [that] God was [acting] foolishly [by doing that], but [the truth is that] he was acting more wisely than unbelievers who [just think that] [IRO] they are wise. And unbelievers may think that God was [acting] weakly [by sending his son to die], but he was acting more powerfully than unbelievers who [just think] [IRO] [that they] act powerfully.
Car la folie de Dieu est plus sage que les hommes, et la faiblesse de Dieu plus forte que les hommes.
26 My fellow believers, remember what [kind of people you] were when God chose you. [Not many of you] whom he chose are people whom [unbelievers considered to be] wise. Very few of you were considered to be important. Very few of you came from families with a high social standing.
Considérez, frères, que, parmi vous qui avez été appelés, il n'y a ni beaucoup de sages selon la chair, ni beaucoup de puissants, ni beaucoup de nobles.
27 Instead, it was [usually] those whom [unbelievers considered to be] foolish whom God chose. He did that in order to shame/discredit those whom [unbelievers consider] [IRO] wise. It was [usually] those [whom unbelievers] considered [IRO] unimportant whom God chose, in order to shame/discredit those whom unbelievers consider important.
Mais Dieu a choisi les choses folles du monde pour confondre les sages; Dieu a choisi les choses faibles du monde pour confondre les fortes;
28 It was usually those who are despised and considered {whom [unbelievers] despise and consider} worthless whom God chose, in order to make completely ineffective [what unbelievers consider to be important].
Dieu a choisi les choses viles du monde et les plus méprisées, celles qui ne sont point, pour réduire à néant celles qui sont,
29 [He did that] in order that no one could boast to God about being wise or important.
afin que personne ne se glorifie devant Dieu.
30 It is because of what God [has done] that you (have a close relationship with/belong to) Christ Jesus. God [put into effect] his wise [plan to save us] by what Christ did for us. As a result of what Christ did, God erases the record of our sins, sets us apart for himself, and frees us from our being guilty [for our sins].
Or, c'est grâce à lui que vous appartenez à Jésus-Christ qui a été fait pour nous, de la part de Dieu, sagesse, et justice, et sanctification, et rédemption,
31 So, it is the Lord whom we should boast about, [not about one spiritual leader being better than another]. We should do as ([a prophet/Jeremiah]) wrote [in the Scriptures that we should do]: Those who boast should boast [only] about what the Lord [has done].
— afin, comme le dit l'Écriture, «que celui qui se glorifie, se glorifie dans le Seigneur.»
